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The rising price of gas doesn’t just affect us at the pump, it affects the cost of trucking goods across the country.

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It affects the cost of flying goods.

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And now that the oil barons know we’ll buy gas for $4-6 a gallon, they won’t rush to lower the price. Why should they?

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Give up profits? Hah!

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@ryanmarino.bsky.social There are several means to translate any language into English. That’s not an acceptable excuse for dereliction of duty.

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@bandroll.bsky.social It’s haunting.

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@bandroll.bsky.social One of my favorite albums in high school. I can still hear “Season of the Witch” clearly in my mind.

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@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Trump’s actions continue to tank the economy and increase the number of the unemployed.
\nMore and more people will be desperate to take any job to stay alive. Low wages, no benefits, and lots of people to slave away for the oligarchs.

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@thesteadystate.org Now they’re mostly sycophants, enjoying a good paying position given them as a favor for their loyalty.

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@joniaskola.bsky.social This country has long been devoted more to capitalism than democracy.

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@altnoaa.bsky.social Swallow your competitors and create a monopoly. That’s the goal of every oligarch.

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@altnoaa.bsky.social They’ve been using our infrastructure and our economy to gain their wealth but refuse to contribute to the maintenance of America.

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@altnoaa.bsky.social And very few of the oligarchs would leave the country because there aren’t many other countries that would tolerate their shenanigans.

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@artcandee.bsky.social The Supreme Court has exempted Trump from having to abide by his own edicts. He enjoys sanctified hypocrisy.

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@easybakedoven.bsky.social This entire regime is full of thieves, charlatans, predators, and haters.

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@rayofchaos.bsky.social Trump’s so sloppy about the setup that it’s impossible to consider any of them credible.

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@lupuswarrior69.bsky.social Racism is ignorance about biology and the history of American subjugation and treatment of non-white people, be they Asian, African, or Mexican. No intelligent person can justify being a racist. It’s been said that white people mistake equality with persecution, and in growing numbers they do.

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@patriottakes.bsky.social He’s their kind of guy. Trump will spring him somehow.

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@maddow.bsky.social But Kegsbreath is always onboard with whatever Trump commands based on whatever Putin commands.

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@isiswin.bsky.social ‘We’, huh?

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@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social That’s a classic propaganda tool, using imprecise language to infer something more than reality.

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@canadian-critic.bsky.social A third of those polled are fucking insane.

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@jaythurber.bsky.social It’s an interesting take. It could be argued that our brains are essentially LLMs and our consciousness is a result of that. The difference would be organic versus mechanical.

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@tanyadiona.bsky.social I’m surprised the data centers aren’t all powered by coal.

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@bluefreedomquest.bsky.social Can we the people sue CBS for 38mil for doing the same thing for Trump that they did with Harris?

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@editorialboard.bsky.social The only black guy they hang out with is doing very well, so discrimination and racism must be gone, right?

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@govwesmoore.bsky.social This only applies to the Christian god, I imagine?

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@schiff.senate.gov Instead he’s pulling troops out of Germany because they hurt his feelings.

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@easttraveler.bsky.social One of the oligarchs who owns an airline will pick up the slack. Monopolies are their goal.

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I have got nothing to do today, I guess I’d better get started.

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I shall begin by putting on pants. That’s an indication I plan on doing something, even when there’s nothing to be done.

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Then I’ll make a list of all the things that I don’t need to do today.

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Then I’ll probably need a nap.

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Seek the truth in all things: half-witted.com

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Trump is an existential threat: half-witted.com

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As long as: half-witted.com

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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

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― Anatole France

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Stella, my damaged dog: half-witted.com

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The fantasy of America is over: half-witted.com

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Trump should just create the Department of Trump’s Defense and fill it with all the agencies that once defended the country (DOJ, DHS, DIA, CIA, NSA, FBI, the military…). End the pretense that those agencies have any other mandate.

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I’m an atheist and humanist.\nI support the people of Gaza but not Hamas.\nI support the people of Israel but not Netanyahu.\nI support oppressed people everywhere but not their oppressors. That applies to America as well.\nThat which divides us is evil.\nThat which unites us is good.

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Our political system is broken.\nOur economic system is broken.\nOur financial system is broken.\nOur trust in those in power is broken.\nOur legal system is broken.\nOur society is broken.

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It’s difficult for good people to imagine just how bad the bad people can be.

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Trump has enjoyed a lifetime of undeserved success, yet he still has the gall to whine about not getting even more.\nHe wants to retroactively win the 2020 election for no better reason than to further inflate his already gigantic, though extremely fragile, ego.\nHe’s pathetic and immature.

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Atheists don’t reject god: half-witted.com

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Malania could have had a hit movie if she’d just stood there and read the Epstein files.

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Now that the Black Panthers have reformed, it’s time for the Gray Panthers to get together and stand aside by side with them to defend our neighborhoods.

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All of us who are between 55 and death, who have experienced wars and traitors in office, need to stand up and be counted.

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We outnumber MAGA.

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Why have federal courts? half-witted.com

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The time has come to fight back: half-witted.com

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Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative: half-witted.com

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I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees. half-witted.com

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We need to acknowledge and prepare for that day soon when fascism here and worldwide will make the technology we all use a threat to our lives.

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To use a cell phone or the Internet could require you to acquiesce to monitoring or be subject to punishment.

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Surveillance everywhere, in everything.

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Fury and disgust.\nWhere’s my emoji for that mood?\nBecause that’s where I am and where I’m going to stay until fascism is defeated forever or I die.

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The fantasy storyline repeated by every member of this regime regarding the murder of Renee Goode indicates exactly how the future will unfold every time a dissident, a protester, an innocent in the wrong place at the wrong time, is disappeared or killed by the regime’s Gestapo.

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Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to war we go: half-witted.com

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When Hitler came to power he improved the lives of the average German. He bought their loyalty.

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Trump failed to do that. If he had placated the average American, they might have ignored his abuse of others. He didn’t buy us off.

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So we have no reason to be loyal.

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